The gist
Constructed in the early 1970s, the Boerne Water Treatment Plant at the city lake uses a mixed media filtration system, according to the July 8 agenda.
To address concerns with contaminant levels for disinfection byproducts, or DBP, city staff proposed the construction of a granular activated carbon filtration system.
While the water treated from the lake is still safe for public consumption, the new system will help reduce DBP formation and also help with occasional geosmin taste and odor events that have occurred in the past, city staff said.
City Council authorized a contract with HDR Engineering, Inc. for $329,900. HDR representatives said the design is expected to take around six months, and upon completion, the anticipated construction cost for the project will be around $1 million, and take an additional six months to complete.
What else?
On June 24, $9 million in funding was secured for a new pump station and treatment facility along Ammann Road.
The storage tank and pump station project is one of three interrelated projects to distribute additional water from the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Western Canyon Project.
The facility will be a 1 million gallon ground storage tank and a pump station facility with three high-service pumps, with space for a future fourth pump.
Alongside the facility construction, a GBRA-delivered pipeline is planned to bring water to the site, and a planned city pipeline will deliver water from the new facility to the easternmost point of Boerne’s potable water system, according to agenda documents.
The construction timeline is planned from July 2025 through March 2027.
